Pavel Turek is a music journalist and he holds a PhD in the theory of photographic and multimedia work. He spent what he describes as a formative period helping run the magazine Živel, and over the years has written for outlets including Rock & Pop, Reflex, and Fotograf. He's collaborated with Radio Wave and co-founded the visual magazine Komfort, and worked for the news site Aktuálně.cz from 2007 to 2009. He teaches at the Department of Journalism at Charles University's Faculty of Social Sciences and gives lectures on pop culture at UMPRUM. He's been part of the Respekt editorial team since 2010.